Semolina Cake (Basbousa)
Semolina Cake (Basbousa)

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Semolina Cake (Basbousa) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Semolina Cake (Basbousa) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

Basbousa is a traditional Egyptian - middle eastern sweet cake. Basically Basbousa (also known as revani or harissa) cake is a semolina cake with coconut. This cake is Soft and moist with a touch of lemon syrup. Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Here: ⬇ ⬇ ⬇.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have semolina cake (basbousa) using 15 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Semolina Cake (Basbousa):
  1. Get Basbousa
  2. Make ready 2.25 cups semolina flour
  3. Prepare 1.15 cups sugar
  4. Prepare 3 tablespoon butter (room temp)
  5. Get 1.15 cups natural yoghurt
  6. Take 0.4 cups desicated coconut
  7. Make ready 1 tablespoon tahini (sesame paste)
  8. Prepare 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
  9. Make ready Whole almonds / hazelnuts
  10. Prepare Syrup
  11. Make ready 1-1.5 cup sugar
  12. Make ready 1-1.5 cup water
  13. Take 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  14. Get 1 cinnamon stick
  15. Make ready 2-3 cloves

Mix the semolina, coconut, sugar, baking soda, and the butter in a large bowl. Use your hands to incorporate the butter with the other. This Egyptian recipe for sweet semolina cake is incredibly easy to make. It's topped with a delicious rosewater and lemon syrup.

Steps to make Semolina Cake (Basbousa):
  1. Preheat oven to 175°C
  2. Start by making the syrup. Combine water and sugar in a saucepan and heat on low to medium temperature.
  3. Add the lemon juice as it starts to simmer
  4. Then add the cinnamon and clove.
  5. Once the consistency is syrup like, remove from heat and allow to cool by placing sauce pan in cold water bath.
  6. Put semonlia flour, sugar and baking powder in a large mixing bowl.
  7. Mix altogether.
  8. Melt the butter by placing in a microwave proof bowl for 10 - 20 seconds.
  9. Add the melted butter, yoghurt and coconut to the mixture
  10. Using the tips of your fingers, mix the ingredients together.
  11. Using a brush, spread the tahini to cover the base and sides of flan dish
  12. Spoon the mixture into the flan dish and level using the back of a spoon
  13. Place in oven for 15 minutes. Then remove and place whole almonds or hazelnuts so that they rest on the top of the cake.
  14. Return to oven for a further 20 minutes until the cake is golden brown in colour
  15. Add the now cooled syrup to the cake and allow it to rest in the flan dish.
  16. Typically leave it to soak up the syrup for around 20 minutes and that's it ready to enjoy.

This Egyptian recipe for sweet semolina cake is incredibly easy to make. It's topped with a delicious rosewater and lemon syrup. Basbousa is an Egyptian semolina cake widely spread and loved throughout the Middle East. It is made with semolina, yogurt, butter or ghee and sometimes coconut. Many people attribute weight gain in Ramadan to the abundance of traditional sweet treats which are unfortunately characteristically not the healthiest.

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